Posted by: Matt

Hey! Our annual recap has wrapped up but I don’t want to bury that shit just yet because there is a ton of great content in there! If you missed it, check out the archive here. It’s got enough music to keep you bumpin’ all day long.

And be sure to scroll down a hair to read Jay’s awesome announcement of our winners, featuring a TIE for first and a fresh track from each of our champs.

Just to keep the music train rolling, I want to say that in my last post, after I mentioned that I was embarrassed to learn that I had somehow never heard The Prodigy’s Voodoo People, that synth line got stuck in my brain as I am sure it has for so many and I set out in search of versions to DJ. I turned up a super sick Dubstep-ish remix by someone named Muffler, so here it is:

The Prodigy - Voodoo People (Muffler Dubstep remix)

Posted by: Jay

Congratulations to our “So You Think You Can BUMP 2010″ co-champions:

Wolfgang Gartner & Skrillex!

It was an extremely close race this year with a two way tie for first and a THREE way tie for fourth. Before we go any further we should also give a shout out Leon Bolier who finished in third palace for the bronze.

Now back to the winners. For taking The Most Coveted Prize in Music our champs will receive 55 Bolivianos, a whiffel ball, three free rides on CalTrain, five liters of Tiger Blood*, a lifetime supply of bread crumbs and an original Freon record. And, of course, undying admiration and respect from their piers. Congrats again on a great year guys, you deserve it**!

As a little gift for the rest of us, check out these brand new choons form our co-champs. It’s like a live performance at the SYTYCB awards show!

Wolfgang Gartner - “Anthology Mashup”

Benny Benassi Feat. Gary Go - “Cinema” - Skrillex Remix

* No tigers were harmed in the gathering of the Tiger Blood

** Kidding aside, these actually were two great choices by you, our brilliant readers. Thanks so much for participating! If you liked the contest let us know and we’ll bring it back next year too!

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Posted by: Jay

As you probably noticed in the sidebar, the official So You Think You Can Bump 2010 voting has begun! We’ve got twelve worthy candidates vying for your vote, so Beatery Nation, do your patriotic duty and review the candidates HERE, then vote for your top three. The winner will be announced in two weeks.  Thanks, and go get your vote on!

Posted by: Jay

Well, look at this!  We’ve come to the final installment of “So You Think You Can BUMP!? 2010″, our contest of nominating the top electronic music producers of the past year.  If you’ve missed a few or need a review go here for all the nominees and a breakdown of the contest.  Voting will start next week!

The man in the mouse mask crashed down onto the the electronic dance music (edm) landscape in the mid ’00s like that comet that killed off the dinosaurs. Deadmau5 quickly became the hottest name in edm by releasing a tirade of banging tracks that filled that missing spaces between electro, progressive and trance; and perhaps most impressively with just three years of work he still managed to win  fifth place in our original SYTYCB contest that counted down the top producers of the decade.

But hype, fame and the grand stage are often followed by imitation, staleness and complacency.  Did Joel Zimmerman mange to evolve his sound in 2010 to stay ahead of the competition?  You can be the judge after the jump, but first a quick pop quiz:

The number one complaint I always hear about deadmau5 is that all his tracks sound the same.  But is this really true?  Below are five snippets of tracks that came out in 2010.  Can you pick out which one(s) are by deadmau5 and which one(s) are not?

Track A

Track B

Track C

Track D

Track E

PLAY ALL SNIPPETS

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Posted by: Matt

It might seem like missing the point a little to nominate a vocalist for EDM star of 2010 in our little poll here, but he’s featured on so many stellar tracks that he’s become a star in his own right. To be fair, Beatport does give him producer credit on a lot of the tracks he appears on, and though he often works with other DJs and remixers, his presence is always the most memorable element, and his flow has become one of the most recognizable sounds of the year. Collaborators abound, but without a doubt these are Sporty-O tracks.

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